Railway-rail fastening



(No Model.)

R. MORRELL.

RAILWAY RAIL PASTBNING.

No. 488,855. Patented 008.81892.

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ROBERT MORRELL, OF SUMMIT, NEW' JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF FOURTEEN- TWENTIETHS TO CHARLES S. DAY, AUGUSTUS F. LIBBY, CHARLES F. WOOD, AND GEORGE H. VILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE, WILLIAM W'. MCCULLUM, 0F MILLBURN, JAMES NEAFIE AND CHARLES BROCK, OF BOONTON, WILLIAM H. LEWIS AND VANDREW REASONER, OF HOBOKEN, FREDERICK NISH- WITZ, OF MILLINGTON, AND CHARLES SIEDLER, OF MORRISTOWN, NEW

JERSEY.

RAI LWAY-RAI L FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,855, dated October 4, 1892.

Application filed December 29, 1891. Serial No. 416,405. (No model.)

Toall whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT MOERELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Suinmit, in the county of Union land State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to 1o which it appertains to make and use the same,

referencebeinghadtotheaccompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

I5 My invention is in the nature of fastenings whereby railway-rails are secured to metallic ties; and it consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and afterward 2o speciiically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l 1s a View in side elevation of arnetallic railwaytie with rails in place thereon, secured by my improved fastening. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section through the same.

Likelettersof refer ence mark the same parts in both trgures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is the tie, of trough shape, having bottom a and vertical sides d d'. In the upper edges of the sides,near the ends,are notches to receive thebase-iianges b ofthe rails l5. In the trough of the tie are blocks C, (of wood or other suitable 1naterial,)twhich act as cushions or supports for the rails, layers of packing being inserted between the blocks and rails, if desired.

D D are clips resting upon the edges of the flanges of the rails and at their lower ends d d engaging the bolts E, which pass transversely through the tie and have suitable heads andnutsoutsidethesidesofthetie. Thelower ends d of the clips, as shown on the left of the drawings, Fig. 2, are turned so as to pass be- 45 tween the block C and boltE and thence outward away from the block, while the lower ends d on the right of the drawings pass down outside the bolts E and thence inward toward the block C. A bolt F passes horizontally through the block C and clips D, having its head bearing upon one clip and its nut fagainst the other clip. By the projection of the lower ends of the clips the flanges of the rails are securely held down and the rails kept from raising from the cushions or out of the notches of the ties, while pressure applied to the clips horizontally by the bolts F tends to cause the upper inclined ends of the clips to ride up on the base-flanges of the rail, thus continually preserving a secure and tight fas- 6o tening of all the parts. The transverse bolt E, in addition to securing the clips against rising, also serves to strengthen the sides of the ties.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- l. The combination of the tie, the cushionblook therein, the rail resting on the cushionblock, the clips engaging the base-anges of the rails at their upper ends and formed as hooks at their lower ends, and transverse bolts passing through the sides of the tie and engaging the hooked lower ends of the clips, as set forth. 75

2. In combination, the tie, the cushion-l block, a rail resting thereon, a clip bent to pass upon and engage the top of the base- Iianges of the rail and having its lower end passed downward against the cushion-block and turned outward, a transverse horizontal bolt passing through the sides of the tie and engaging the lower ends of the clips, and a longitudinal bolt passing through the clips and the cushion-block, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT MORRELL.

Witn esses S. BRAsHEAEs, E. G. BEAsHEARs. 

